Rutaparna Panda

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Rutaparna Panda
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 24)
Nayabazar, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking56 (WD with Swetaparna Panda 12 December 2023)
101 (XD 12 November 2019)
Current ranking56 (WD with Swetaparna Panda 12 December 2023)
BWF profile

Rutaparna Panda (born 7 May 1999) is an Indian badminton player from Odisha.[1] She was selected to be part of the Indian team for the 2018 Asian Games.[2][3][4] Here, she and her partner Arathi Sara Sunil were defeated in the round of 32 by the Thai doubles team. In July 2018, she won the women's doubles title at the All-India senior ranking badminton tournament in Bengaluru.[5] She earlier trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy at Hyderabad and currently trains with her sister and current doubles partner Swetaparna Panda at Cuttack.[6][7]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Hellas Open India Arathi Sara Sunil France Vimala Hériau
France Margot Lambert
21–19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Ghana International India K. Maneesha Nigeria Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan
Nigeria Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh
21–11, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Nepal International India K. Maneesha Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville
10–21, 21–18, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Bangladesh International India K. Maneesha Malaysia Pearly Tan
Malaysia Thinaah Muralitharan
20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 India International Challenge India Tanisha Crasto
Gayathri Gopichand
21–23, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Réunion Open India Swetaparna Panda Germany Annabella Jäger
Germany Leona Michalski
21–13, 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Kazakhstan Future Series India Swetaparna Panda Indonesia Nethania Irawan
Indonesia Fuyu Iwasaki
13–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Tajikistan International India Swetaparna Panda Azerbaijan Era Maftuha
Azerbaijan Hajar Nuriyeva
21–3, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Cameroon International India Swetaparna Panda Uganda Husina Kobugabe
Uganda Gladys Mbabazi
21–16, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Kampala International India Swetaparna Panda United Arab Emirates Aleena Qathun
United Arab Emirates Nayonika Rajesh
21–9, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Uganda International India Swetaparna Panda Uganda Fadilah Mohamed Rafi
Uganda Tracy Naluwooza
21–13, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Sri Lanka International India Swetaparna Panda Thailand Pichamon Phatcharaphisutsin
Thailand Nannapas Sukklad
12–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Ghana International India Ramchandran Shlok
Arjun M.R.
India K. Maneesha
21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Lagos International India Ramchandran Shlok India Arjun M.R.
India K. Maneesha
16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Rutaparna Panda". Orisports. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Badminton: Srikanth, Sindhu lead 20-member squad for Asian Games". The Times of India. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Asian Games 2018: Here's the list of Indian squads". Mumbai Mirror. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Odisha's budding shuttler Rutuparna eyes for Olympics". Odisha Sun Times. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Shuttler Rutuparna Panda speaks about her expectation from Asian Games". www.eenaduindia.com. Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. ^ Qureshy, Tazeen (14 March 2022). "Panda sisters 2.0: How Rutaparna and Swetaparna are fulfilling their father's 'Dangal' dreams". The Bridge. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Rutuparna Panda, Swetaparna Panda first sister duo from India to win int'l title". The Bridge. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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